46 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 



whitish bloom. — Seeds 1-3; ovoid. — May and June; greenish. 

 {Fatalities.) 



Toxic Principle.— OIL OF SAVIN. 



. . . lustful turpentine. 

 You that entice the veins and stir the heat 

 To civil rmitiny, scalding the seat 

 Our reason moves in, and deluding it 

 With dreams and wanton fancies, till the fit 

 Of burning lust be quench' d ;by appetite 

 Robbing the soul of blessedness and light. 



Beaumont and Fletcher: " Clorin^s Song.'' 



TAXUS BACCATA {British). 79. 



COMMON YEW — PALM. 



Coniferce. — An evergreen tree. — Leaves linear; in 2 rows; 

 crowded. — Woods on chalk. — March and April; yellowish. — 

 Berries pink. {Fatalities.) 



Toxic Principles. —TAXmE, OIL OF YEW, FORMIC ACID. 



From the forced fissures of the naked rock 

 The yew-tree bursts. 



Coleridge: " Brockley Coomb.'' 



EUPHORBIA RESmiFERA {Morocco). 79a. 



EUPHORBIA GUM PLANT — DARKMOUS — DERGMUSE. 



Euphorbiacece. — A leafless plant, resembling a cactus. — 

 Trunk short; stout. — Stem much branched; 4 ft. — Branches 

 curved; upright; fleshy; quadrangular, with blunt angles on 

 which are plates (scutella), each bearing 2 spines (altered 

 stipules). — Leaves represented by a small tubercle fused with 

 the plate. — Flowers monoecious ; in clusters of 3 ; coming off a 

 little above stipular spines. Fruit a small capsule; perennial; 

 pale yellow. — Juice yellow. 



Toxic Principle.— EUFHOBBUa. 



The Cactuses are all true American citizens by birth. 



Grant Allen: N. American Review. 



